FIRST REMINDER. Saturday. 6th day of Dhul Qa'âdah. The Role of Sunnah Towards The Qur'an. Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem.
We all know that Allah, The Blessed and Mighty, chose Muhammad (peace be upon him) as His Prophet and picked him to deliver the final message. The Qur'an was revealed to him and commanded him to obey all what He had ordered him to do, that is, to expound His message to the people. Allah says,
"I have revealed to you the Reminder (The Qur'an) to expound to people what was revealed to them."Al-Quran 16:44.
I think that the declaration mentioned in the verse contains two orders:
1. Declaration of the word and its arrangement. It is the communication of the Qur'an and its non-concealment, and its pursuit to Mankind just as Allah, The Blessed Almighty, has revealed to the heart of the Prophet (peace be upon him) which is the intent of His saying:
"O Messenger proclaim what is revealed to you from your Lord."Al-Quran 5:67. Sayyida Ayesha (may Allah be pleased with her) is reported to have said;
"Whosoever says that Muhammad (peace be upon him) concealed something which he was commanded to communicate, is is a great calumny against Allah." Then she read the above mentioned verse. (Bukhari and Muslim have stated it.)
And according to the narration of Muslim: "If the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) had concealed something which he was commanded to communicate, he would have concealed the saying of The Almighty Behold thou didst say to one who had received the grace of Allah and thy favour:
Keep your wife to yourself and fear Allah. But thou didst hide in thy heart that which Allah was about to make manifest; you did fear the people, whereas Allah had a better right that you should fear Him. Al-Quran 33:37. The explanation of the meaning of the word or sentence or verse for which man needs an explanation, most of which bear reference to 'Mujmal' (comprehensive) verses or 'Amah' (general) verses or 'Mutlaq' (unbounded) verses.
Then comes the Sunnah and clarifies the sentences and specifies the verses called 'Amah' and defines what is 'mutlaq' that is, in refernce to the saying (Qaul) of The Prophet (peace be upon him), his deed (Fi'l) and the act he confirmed (Iqrar). To be continued in shaa ALLAH. May Allah grant us the understanding of His Deen. Aameen.
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